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Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025Section 3 › Proposal

The report must evaluate the impact of related health care spending

To require the Government Accountability Office to produce a report on esophageal cancer, and for other purposes, section 3, Sec. 3. Written by .

The report must evaluate the impact of related health care spending

The document says “shallWho acts: Comptroller General of the United StatesHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says

“the total impact of esophageal cancer-related health care spending under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program for Federal employees and retirees diagnosed with esophageal cancer”

To require the Government Accountability Office to produce a report on esophageal cancer, and for other purposes, Sec. 3

The first of the two matters the report must evaluate. It reaches spending on care related to esophageal cancer under the health benefits program for federal employees, for both serving employees and retirees who have been diagnosed. The section does not say how the total impact is to be measured.

What the document actually says

“the total impact of esophageal cancer-related health care spending under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program for Federal employees and retirees diagnosed with esophageal cancer”

To require the Government Accountability Office to produce a report on esophageal cancer, and for other purposes, Sec. 3
That sentence, in plain words

The report must look at what this cancer costs. It must look at care paid for by the health plan for federal workers. That covers workers and retired workers.

What this is about

People who work for the government get health coverage through a big plan. The report must add up what this cancer costs that plan.

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